FCC rolls over to deep pockets Ligado

arrow76r

Better hope you don't have to do a "for-real" LPV around Ligado's terrestrial transmitter sites!!!

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The five members of the Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to approve a request by Ligado Networks to use satellite frequencies neighboring those used by GPS to broadcast from ground antennas for 5G, the agency announced Monday morning.

Repeated testing of the plan since it was first proposed by Ligado’s predecessor firm LightSquared in 2010 has shown that supporting terrestrial communications with the frequencies, which are in a band used by satellite systems, could interfere with GPS receivers. That testing included changes made by the firm to ease interference including reducing the amount of power in the signals and forgoing use of frequencies closest to GPS.

Scott Sherer

Hmmm, I read about that. Have you flown one?

arrow76r

1 for real last year here at KCOS coming back from a long trip but numerous "under the hood".

Scott Sherer

Thanks Jim.

Jmcmanna

I did an LPV a few weeks ago into LAF. Broke out at about 400’ and the runway was right in front of me! There wasn’t an ILS available for this approach anyway, but the LPV was just as precise and easier to set up with my equipment. For ease of transition from enroute to approach, I prefer the RNAV approaches with the glideslope.

Scott Sherer

LPV's are great!